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probably a GR ME-1NV--is that going to compound my retro issue?
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Yes. Absolutely. Welcome to the 70s. Using on everything, for sure.
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stereo doesnt necessarily make tracks sound bigger or louder.Stereo makes things wider, but for example stereo drums ie kiks/snrs hit harder in mono.
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Stereo is a HUGE mistake in going for "big and wide", IMO. Phase corrected doubling is the "wide" modern sound.
Technicalities aside, it's a music thing, IMO.
Now, I listened to the first tune "now that I know", so forgive me if it's not representative but:
"Sounds like: John Mayer, U2" is what your GB tag says. I can't think of who you sound LESS like than U2 or John Mayer. Where's the bluesy guitar? Echo laden moods? Danceable beats? Chest voice? Major key tonality? I'd have said Queensryche does an acoustic set. Neither Mayer nor Bono could hit those notes with stilts. Guys quit singing in head voice in, say 1991. For better or worse. Personally, I think it's pretty cool, but you wanted to know why you get retro comments. Bass should be THE domniant instrument in the rythm section. Sometime in the 90s people figured out everything sounds smoother (maybe because the ME will crush it) with the bass turned up. Not doing so will invite retro comparisons.
Chest voice.
Major key.
Turn the voice up.
...and smash it all like an old FM station. Multiband is the way to get that.
Honestly, the Great River and the 610 are both effectively vintage designs...fortunately, they (like the Ac30 you mention) are still in vogue. Hoever, no preamp is going to make that "modern" sounding, IMO. I can get the same "70's singer/songwriter" comparisons with my Millenia, Speck, Akai, and AT mics that someone would with an Sm7 and Great River.
Mostly, I find that people's evaluations of sonics have a lot to do with the music itself. Jackson Browne makes records now that sound far cleaner and open-- more "modern"....yet, play them for people, and they'll call it retro.